Typhoon mast stepping and lowering ?

[Robert Moulton]

I am a recent owner of a Typhoon and would be inerested in learning ways to raise and lower the mast.



rmoulton@midcoast.com

[Marino Curati]

I have a diagram of a block and tackle system to use if you're by yourself. I bought the hardware but haven't tried it yet because so far I've always had a friend around. It's very easy to raise with someone there to simply pull the forestay up while the other shrouds loosly attached. Then of course you'll be pushing the mast up from the cabin top. I found it much easier to raise than my dad's catalina 22 because the mast base fitting pivots nicely.

I could fax you the diagram if you want.

Marino Curati
Ty #74 Snug
Cleveland



mcurati@vision-design-inc.com

[John Phillips]

Alot will depend upon whether you are doing it alone or have help and whether you have a stern rail or not. Before I removed my pulpit and stern rail I could slide the mast back and have it supported by the stern rail. It is a good idea to put a throw cushion on top of the cabin, under the mast to protect the cabin. Once the mast was slid back and the base of the mast slid into the tabernacle, I could go up on the cabin top and pull it up. This assumes that you would know to have the side shrouds and back stay attached. Once the mast is up and you have given up all hope of more children you can bring the forestay forward and either attach it directly or secure the mast by tying the jib halyard to the bow pulpit to hold it (once again assuming that you have firmly cleated the other end of the halyard). Once I took the rails off, it is more difficult. I built a mast support that I use for trailering and it does work to hold the mast until I can get it into the tabernacle, but I have found that rather than trying to show eveyone that I can do it myself, I am more inclined to try to meet someone new who would be willing to give me a hand. Taking it down is just going backwards from this. I once heard of someone at another marina, that for two years released the shrouds on the starboard side first when taking the mast down. And for two years a car on the port side got schmucked by his mast. Slow learner. I recently took my Typhoon south for some sailing and came back loving her even more. I hope you enjoy yours.
John

I am a recent owner of a Typhoon and would be inerested in learning ways to raise and lower the mast.

branchedoakmarina@alltel.net

[Craig]

Speaking of bow pulpits. I am planning on taking off my bow pulpit. How difficult a job was it and what did you use to plug the holes? I have a liner in the cabin and it appears the bolts will be tricky to get at. Any suggestions?

Thanks, Craig

Alot will depend upon whether you are doing it alone or have help and whether you have a stern rail or not. Before I removed my pulpit and stern rail I could slide the mast back and have it supported by the stern rail. It is a good idea to put a throw cushion on top of the cabin, under the mast to protect the cabin. Once the mast was slid back and the base of the mast slid into the tabernacle, I could go up on the cabin top and pull it up. This assumes that you would know to have the side shrouds and back stay attached. Once the mast is up and you have given up all hope of more children you can bring the forestay forward and either attach it directly or secure the mast by tying the jib halyard to the bow pulpit to hold it (once again assuming that you have firmly cleated the other end of the halyard). Once I took the rails off, it is more difficult. I built a mast support that I use for trailering and it does work to hold the mast until I can get it into the tabernacle, but I have found that rather than trying to show eveyone that I can do it myself, I am more inclined to try to meet someone new who would be willing to give me a hand. Taking it down is just going backwards from this. I once heard of someone at another marina, that for two years released the shrouds on the starboard side first when taking the mast down. And for two years a car on the port side got schmucked by his mast. Slow learner. I recently took my Typhoon south for some sailing and came back loving her even more. I hope you enjoy yours.
John

I am a recent owner of a Typhoon and would be inerested in learning ways to raise and lower the mast.

cnspsych@aol.com

[John Phillips]

Craig:
You can step a mast by yourself, but you can't take off the bow pulpit alone. Yes, it required a certain amount of profanity to get the bolts out with someone inside and someone outside. Once off, I taped off the inside and filed with epoxy and then smoothed over with gelcoat. I had rented a building for two months and the landlord was screaming about the smells of paint stripper and epoxy, etc. and I rushed my finish work. It is 10 ft. pretty (pretty from 10 feet away, but any closer and you're too close). I hesitated alot about taking the rails off, but her lines are so much prettier without them.
John

Speaking of bow pulpits. I am planning on taking off my bow pulpit. How difficult a job was it and what did you use to plug the holes? I have a liner in the cabin and it appears the bolts will be tricky to get at. Any suggestions?

Thanks, Craig

Alot will depend upon whether you are doing it alone or have help and whether you have a stern rail or not. Before I removed my pulpit and stern rail I could slide the mast back and have it supported by the stern rail. It is a good idea to put a throw cushion on top of the cabin, under the mast to protect the cabin. Once the mast was slid back and the base of the mast slid into the tabernacle, I could go up on the cabin top and pull it up. This assumes that you would know to have the side shrouds and back stay attached. Once the mast is up and you have given up all hope of more children you can bring the forestay forward and either attach it directly or secure the mast by tying the jib halyard to the bow pulpit to hold it (once again assuming that you have firmly cleated the other end of the halyard). Once I took the rails off, it is more difficult. I built a mast support that I use for trailering and it does work to hold the mast until I can get it into the tabernacle, but I have found that rather than trying to show eveyone that I can do it myself, I am more inclined to try to meet someone new who would be willing to give me a hand. Taking it down is just going backwards from this. I once heard of someone at another marina, that for two years released the shrouds on the starboard side first when taking the mast down. And for two years a car on the port side got schmucked by his mast. Slow learner. I recently took my Typhoon south for some sailing and came back loving her even more. I hope you enjoy yours.
John

I am a recent owner of a Typhoon and would be inerested in learning ways to raise and lower the mast.

branchedoakmarina@alltel.net

[Serge Zimberoff]

I made a carrier to take the aft end of the mast when trailering. It also provides the 'slide' surface like John used his stern rail. What I did was get a mast carrier from the local Hobbie Cat yard. It is a 'y' on top of a square tube. By drilling new holes in this tube, the 'y' height can be lowered to give just a tight fender clearance to the mast above the cabin top. I use only the fixed mounting plate provided and drilled 4 matching holes in my outboard mounting board. Using carriage bolts and wing nuts the carrier can be bolted to this board in a couple of minutes. My trailer has a front carrier so that the mast just rests on a fender at the cabin top to allow securing snugly when on the highway.
So, when stepping the mast, I can slide it back in the 'y' of the stern carrier until it can be inserted into the tabernacle. Then it is started up by the person in the cockpit and raised by someone on the ground with a line to the forestay.



serge@srtrop.com